Jakov Lind
Jakov Lind in Majorca, 1991. Photo: Heiner Schmitz
Jakov Lind
Jakov Lind



     from Soul of Wood
     by Jakov Lind:

Those who had no papers entitling them to live lined up to die. The whole North-west Station was a gigantic waiting room. It was a long, long wait, but eventually everyone's turn came. Those who finally lay in the freight cars thanked God, and when at last the wheels began to turn and the engine spewed, hissed and let out a long whistle, none of the forty-five had a tear left ...